Home » Archives by category » latest headlines (Page 46)
CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is inviting the public to participate in a telephone meeting on state gun laws, firearm safety and hunting regulations. The meeting will be held on Sept. 6. McGraw will serve on a panel that includes representatives from the National Rifle Association, the West Virginia Sheriff’s Association [...]
Continue reading …HAMLIN (AP) — Ten environmental activists have pleaded guilty to trespassing at a Lincoln County mountaintop coal mine. Media outlets report the protesters entered their pleas Tuesday in Lincoln County Magistrate Court. They were assessed $660 in fines and court costs apiece and ordered to stay off West Virginia mine property for a year. Nine [...]
Continue reading …ELKINS (AP) — A West Virginia State Police trooper who was shot by a suspect is back on the job. State Police tell WBOY-TV that Cpl. Andrew Loudin is doing well. Police continue to investigate the shooting and the suspect’s death hours later in a shootout with other troopers. State Police say 55-year-old William Dumire [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Gas prices have jumped nearly 21 cents in West Virginia over the past week on the heels of pipeline and refinery problems in the Midwest. AAA East Central says the average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline in West Virginia is $3.73. Prices range from $3.61 in Martinsburg to $3.87 [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia’s use of a federal broadband stimulus grant is the target of another investigation. The Legislative Auditor’s office is examining the state’s $24 million purchase of high-powered Internet routers. The money was part of a $126.3 million grant the state received in 2010. The Charleston Gazette says Legislative Auditor Aaron Allred [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — An ongoing federal probe into southern West Virginia election fraud is on track to land another guilty plea. Former Lincoln County Commissioner Thomas Ramey Jr. is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday. Federal prosecutors allege the 32-year-old Democrat lied to an FBI agent about absentee ballot applications. Ramey was questioned after federal and [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — State and U.S. flags at state buildings in West Virginia have been lowered in memory of the shooting victims at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin ordered the lowering of the flags to half-staff Monday. Tomblin says in a news release that the flags will remain at half-staff until [...]
Continue reading …FAIRLEA (AP) — The State Fair of West Virginia is gearing up for its 88th season. The fair opens Friday in Fairlea. Visitors can attend concerts, a circus, a lumberjack show, a livestock display and choose from among 52 rides. Exhibits available for viewing include foods and produce, arts and crafts, needle work and flowers. [...]
Continue reading …PARKERSBURG (AP) — The state Division of Corrections has opened a new facility in Parkersburg. WTAP-TV reports a dedication ceremony was held Monday for the Parkersburg Correctional Center. The facility is located at a former Holiday Inn. The conversion of the hotel, which closed in 2007, was the latest attempt to ease West Virginia’s decades-long [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Three inmates who tried to escape from West Virginia’s maximum security prison evaded a headcount by stuffing pillows and blankets into their beds. Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein tells the Sunday Gazette-Mail that the pillow-and-blanket “dummies” made it appear that the inmates were sleeping. Rubenstein says the July 17 escape attempt at Mount [...]
Continue reading …
